Roberta S. Jacobson: “Nonviolent dissent is not criminal behavior. Opposition to the government is not criminal behavior.”

The policy is based on a clear-eyed strategy that empowers the Cuban people to determine their own future by creating new economic opportunities and increasing their contact with the outside world.

The reestablishment of diplomatic relations, including reopening our Embassy in Havana, will allow us to more effectively represent U.S. interests, including property claims, fugitives, human rights, and needed political reforms and…

But comprehensive changes in our economic relationship will require congressional action to lift the embargo, and the President has urged Congress to begin that effort.

You have seen a 21 percent increase in tax revenue because of fiscal reform and closing of the budget gap.